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SMITH v. U.S. PIPE & FOUNDRY CO.

14 S.W.3d 739 (2000)

Paul D. SMITH, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. U.S. PIPE & FOUNDRY CO., Defendant/Appellant. and Larry Brinton, Director of the Division of Workman's Compensation Tennessee Department of Labor, Second Injury Fund, Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

February 22, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robinson & Associates, Samuel F. Robinson, Jr., Phillip A. Fleissner, Keith A. Black, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the Plaintiff/Appellee Paul D. Smith.

The Fleissner Firm, Phillip A. Fleissner, David C. Nagle, Chattanooga, for the Defendant/Appellant U.S. Pipe & Foundry Company.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter, E. Blaine Sprouse, Assistant Attorney General, Kathleen W. Stratton, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Defendant/Appellee Second Injury Fund.

OPINION

FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, Justice.

We granted the motion for review in this worker's compensation action to consider the following two issues: (1) whether the employer is entitled to an offset against the workers' compensation award of scheduled member benefits in an amount equal to fifty percent of the Social Security old age insurance benefits received by the employee; and (2) whether permanent total disability benefits begin accruing on the date...

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